ROK hints at Kim visit by end of the year
Seoul anticipates the first visit by a top leader from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in over six decades to happen this month to consolidate the continuous diplomatic reconciliation efforts witnessed this year on the Korean Peninsula.
The Republic of Korea's Unification Ministry said on Monday that it doesn't rule out the possibility to host Kim Jong-un before the end of 2018, adding that relevant preparations are under way.
Kim Il-gi, a researcher with the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul, told the Yonhap news agency that if realized, Kim's trip would mark the first time that a DPRK leader has set foot in the ROK capital since the 1950-53 Korean War, something he said "that has long been considered nearly unthinkable in the ROK".
